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What’s Hitting the Shelves for Kids

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Take a look at what’s new at the Pratt for young readers.

Under My Hijab
By Hena Khan

As a young girl observes the women in her life and how each covers her hair a different way, she dreams of the possibilities in her own future and how she might express her personality through her hijab. This book provides a friendly introduction to hijabs for all readers.

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The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
By Ashley Herring Blake

Twelve-year-old Sunny navigates heart surgery, reconnecting with her lost mother, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl in this stunning, heartfelt novel.

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Because
By Mo Willems

Mo Willems composes a powerful symphony of chance, discovery, persistence, and magic in this moving tale of a young girl’s journey to center stage.

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Other new Children’s Books:

This Promise Of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality
By Jo Ann Allen Boyce
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The Sun Shines Everywhere
By Mary Ann Hoberman
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5 Minute Marvel Stories
By Marvel Press Book Group
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Let’er Buck! George Fletcher, The People’s Champion
By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
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The Book Hog
By Greg Pizzoli
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Another
By Christian Robinson
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Read your Way to Financial Freedom

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Tax season is coming to an end! In fact, Tax Day 2019 (April 15) is right around the corner. Some look forward to tax season while others despise it. Regardless, here’s a list of personal finance books that might assist you with achieving any of your financial goals this year.

Financial Freedom: A Proven Path to All the Money You Will Ever Need
By Grant Sabatier

In Financial Freedom, Grant Sabatier takes readers step-by-step through the strategies to get out of debt, make your 9-5 job optional, and above all, live the life you want.

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Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping by and Get Your Financial Life Together
By Erin Lowry

Instead of complicated 401k strategies and jargon-filled debt advice, Erin Lowry’s hilarious, easy-to-understand guide is the perfect way for financial management newbies to get their money in order or elevate their personal finance know-how.

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You are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth
By Jen Sincero

Jen Sincero channels the sass and practicality that made You Are a Badass a bestselling hit. She combines hilarious personal essays with bite-size, aha concepts that unlock earning potential and get real results.

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Women & Money
By Suze Orman

Straight-talking money guru Suze Orman understands what women want when it comes to personal finance- a trusted source who understands that time is a precious commodity and security is the goal.

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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
By Dave Ramsey
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Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
By Vicki Robin
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How to Retire with Enough Money: And How to Know What Enough Is
By Teresa Ghilarducci
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Bon Appétit! New Cookbooks and Health Books at the Pratt

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Whether you eat to live or live to eat, there are new cook and health related books available at the Pratt. Check out these books ranging from topics detailing the new Keto Diet craze to recipes to help get your parties started.

Keto Diet: Your 30 Day Plan To Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, Boost Brain Health And Reverse Disease
By Dr. Josh Axe

Keto Diet identifies and details five different ketogenic protocols and explains why picking the right one for your body and lifestyle is essential to your success. Inside, you’ll find all the tools they need to say goodbye to stubborn fat and chronic disease once and for all.

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Eat To Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself
By William W. Li, MD

Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Pioneering physician scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases.

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The Last O.G. Cookbook: How to Get Mad Culinary Skills
By Tray Barker

Keep the party going at home with recipes inspired by the hit TBS comedy starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. Learn how to make dishes including Dessert Loaf, Wild-Style Lasagna, and Prison Pad Thai, as well as recipes that evoke the melting pot that is Brooklyn.

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The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List
By Alana Newhouse

Tablet ‘s list of the 100 most Jewish foods is not about the most popular Jewish foods, or the tastiest, or even the most enduring. It’s a list of the most significant foods culturally and historically to the Jewish people, explored deeply with essays, recipes, stories, and context.

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The Public is in theaters now!

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Got plans for the weekend? If not, consider visiting your local theater to see the film, The Public. The drama follows a group of library patrons that are homeless. When faced with a brutal cold front and emergency shelters that are at full capacity, the group forms a “sit-in” at a public library in order to shelter themselves from the cold.

The drama is directed and written by Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club, The Mighty Ducks). It also features an excellent ensemble cast with Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Christian Slater, Gabrielle Union, Taylor Schilling, Jacob Vargas, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Jeffrey Wright. Take a look at the trailer below.

The scary scenario takes place in Cincinnati but it makes us think of the resources that we have in Baltimore.  Enoch Pratt Free Library has 22 locations which all serve as Cooling and Warming Centers during Code Red and Code Blue weather days.

Also, we have the program Social Worker in the Library that’s in 7 locations. The partnership with the University of Maryland School of Social Work is a direct response to customer’s inquiries about housing insecurity, food insecurity, health concerns, help with government services, and more. For more information on Homeless Services in Maryland, Maryland Emergency Assistance and more, please visit here.

If you do go see The Public, please come back and let us know what you think in the comments. The film will be released today, April 5, in movie theaters throughout the area including The Charles Theatre.

Jump into the Joy of Imagination Celebration

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Hooray! We’re so excited about Imagination Celebration returning to Enoch Pratt Free Library this April. Join us throughout the month for kid-friendly arts and crafts, events, and more.

Our inspiration this year is the book The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson. With bright, beautiful illustrations and lyrical text it’s sure to be a great selection for story time. The book is about how our unique stories helps us to find understanding and common ground.

We’re starting off the fun with the Imagination Celebration Kick-Off Party! Join us Saturday, April 6 at 10am to 3pm at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.

Stop by for crafts, movement, and games with our community partners, early learning activities for children ages birth to five, free face painting, and souvenir photos to take home.

Hope to see you there!

For a full list of Imagination Celebration events visit here.

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